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I. Introduction
windowsRecently , system compatibility testing needs to be carried out . According to data, the proportion TOP3of systems currently on the market is as follows:
| Ranking | system | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | win7 sp1 | 59.25% |
| 2 | win10 | 29.83% |
| 3 | xp sp3 | 8.87% |
| 4 | other | - - |
Unexpectedly 2021, xpthe system is still occupied after the New Year 8.87%.
I own this machine win10and don’t want to install dual systems, so I decided to get a xpvirtual machine .
I downloaded an image file from the Internet xp, isobut when loading it using a virtual machine , it prompts:
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"EZBOOT" not found! -
Error loading image: DEFAULT.EZB
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As follows 
: I thought other people might also encounter this problem, so I wrote down the entire process of my final successful installation, so that others can follow the steps and not get into trouble.
2. VMware download
Install it first VMware, using which VMwarewe can create a virtual machine. VMwareOfficial website address: VMware China - Delivering a digital foundation for enterprises | CN
(Note that you need to log in to an account to download. If you don't have an account, you need to register one) 
The version I installed is: 14.1.5, there is nothing special about the installation process, so I won't go into details.
3. XP system image download
Enter this address: MSDN, let me tell you - Make a quiet tool station.
Expand 操作系统the page, click Windows XP, select the version to be installed, click 详细信息, you can see a ed2klink, copy it to Thunder to start downloading. 
Wait patiently for the download to complete 
Download completed
4. Create an XP virtual machine
To open VMware, click on the menu 文件 -> 新建虚拟机. 
The default 经典configuration is sufficient. For demonstration purposes, I select 自定义and click 下一步. 
Click 下一步. Select the system image file 
we just downloaded and click . You can leave the product key blank first, fill in the personalized full name, like the one I filled in , and click . A question box will pop up, click on it . Select the installation path of the virtual machine and click . To configure the processor, click . Configure memory, click . Configure the network type and click . Configure the controller type and click . Configure the disk type, select and click . Configure disk, click . To allocate disk space, click . Specify the storage file and click . Finally, click . At this point the virtual machine will start to install, please wait patiently. continue waiting. After about two or three minutes, the following prompt box will pop up, click on it . product keyiso下一步
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You can click directly without filling in the input box 下一步. 
A question box will pop up, click on it 否. 
Enter the next stage of waiting. 
wait. 
The installation is completed, the green grassland, Ye Qing is back, hahaha. 
About the size of the entire virtual machine folder 2G.
5. Sharing folders between this machine and the XP virtual machine
Make sure the virtual machine is turned off and click 编辑虚拟机设置. 
Click 选项, click 共享文件夹, click 总是启用, click 添加. 
Set a folder on this machine, such as vmware_sharea folder, and click Next. 
Click 开启此虚拟机. 
Right-click 我的电脑and 映射网络驱动器
click Browse. 
After a moment, you will see VMwarethe shared folder you just set in, select it and click OK. 
Click Done. 
So, we can 我的电脑see one in 网络驱动器. 
I create a file in a folder on my local machine ( win11) . Go back to the virtual machine and enter the network drive. You can see that the sharing is successful.vmware_sharetest_share.txt
test_share.txt